Carotid Endarterectomy Stroke Pages on BioPortfolio:

BioPortfolio - Endarterectomy
A carotid endarterectomy may itself cause a stroke at the time of operation, which is why it is not performed prophylactically in asymptomatic patients. ...
http://www.bioportfolio.com/indepth/Endarterectomy.html...

Biotechnology News Carotid Artery Search
No relationship between significant carotid stenosis and stroke after cardiac ... During Carotid Endarterectomy Using Synchronization Likelihood Analysis ...
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Stroke: Treatments and Prescribing Practices - A Global Survey 2009
Stroke is now the second most common cause of death worldwide and a major cause of disability ... carotid endarterectomy, craniotomy and others (specified). ...
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Biotechnology News Coronary Restenosis Search
MedWire News: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) should be the treatment of choice in ... treated with carotid endarterectomy, stroke risk for both groups is low, ...
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BioPortfolio - Endarterectomy - InDepth
reduce the risk of stroke, particularly when the carotid artery is narrowed by more than 70%. A carotid endarterectomy may itself cause a stroke at the time
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http://www.bioportfolio.com/indepth/Endarterectomy.pdf...

BioPortfolio's Blood, Circulation and Heart Disease News Feed
Carotid Endarterectomy Stroke · Carotid Stenosis · Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy · Cerebral Hemorrhage · Cerebral Infarction · Cerebrovascular Disease Stroke ...
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Stroke
ventriculostomy, carotid endarterectomy, craniotomy and others (specified). ♦. Challenges and issues. In the treatment of stroke: specified. ...
http://www.bioportfolio.com/cgi-bin/acatalog/Stroke-Brochure...

BioPortfolio's Brain and Nervous Diseases News Feed
BSE Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease · Canavan Disease Leukodystrophies · Carotid Artery · Carotid Endarterectomy Stroke · Carotid Stenosis ...
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Results from other life science and pharmaceutical sites:

Questions and Answers About Carotid Endarterectomy: National ...
18 Oct 2004 ... Carotid endarterectomy is performed to prevent stroke. Two large clinical trials supported by the National Institute of Neurological ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/carotid_endarterec...

Carotid endarterectomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is a surgical procedure used to prevent stroke, by correcting stenosis in the common carotid artery. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotid_endarterectomy...

Transcranial Doppler: preventing stroke during carotid endarterectomy.
Detection of middle cerebral artery emboli during carotid endarterectomy using transcranial Doppler ultrasonography. Stroke. 1990 Mar;21(3):415–423. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2503138/...

Carotid endarterectomy to reduce stroke risk
Carotid endarterectomy can greatly reduce the risk of stroke in people who have carotid artery disease. Carotid artery disease occurs when plaque builds up ...
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/carend/carend_s...

Carotid endarterectomy for prevention of stroke.
Carotid endarterectomy, a frequently performed operation, has been used as a strategy for preventing stroke in patients with carotid bifurcation disease. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=10...

Carotid endarterectomy.
Endarterectomy of the totally occluded carotid artery for stroke. Results in 100 operations. Arch Surg. 1967 Nov;95(5):791–801. [PubMed] ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1344297/...

Clinical Alert: Clinical Advisory on Carotid Endarterectomy for ...
Carotid endarterectomy is beneficial with a statistically significant absolute reduction of 5.8 percent in the risk of the primary end point of stroke ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/carotid.html...

Risk factors for perioperative death and stroke after carotid ...
The benefit of carotid endarterectomy(CEA) is heavily influenced by the risk of perioperative death or stroke. This study developed a multivariable model ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2745336/...

Life expectancy and late stroke following carotid endarterectomy.
Life expectancy and late stroke following carotid endarterectomy. E F Bernstein, P B Humber, G M Collins, R B Dilley, J B Devin, and S H Stuart ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=13...

Variations in rates of appropriate and inappropriate carotid ...
Carotid endarterectomy (CE), when performed on appropriate patients, reduces the incidence of stroke, yet there are marked variations in rates of this ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC514641/...

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